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Learning through sound

Great musicians already know the exact sound they are going to create before they move their bodies. This resource looks at placing sound at the forefront of everything you teach.

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A Christmas stocking of ideas for KS2 to KS5

The following is a Christmas stocking of ideas for KS2 through to KS5. The aims are to widen listening using the right vocabulary, to try out different compositional techniques – and to have some...

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Putting on a school musical, part one

If you've never put on a musical or you're about to embark on the process, then this resource is for you. It is split into two parts, the first covering the musical side and the second dealing with...

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Stormzy vs Mozart (KS3)

This resource uses the idea of comparing the music of Stormzy and Mozart as a springboard for performing, listening and analysing at KS3. The idea is not to promote one above the other, but to...

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Time management in instrumental lessons

This resource is intended to help visiting music teachers improve their time management in 20- to 30-minute lessons, teaching individual students or small groups.

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Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

This is one of the two set works chosen by IB for assessment from 2020, and it allows students to approach many different concepts and themes: Romanticism and Rachmaninov's place as the ‘last great...

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Homework at KS3

Homework can be a valuable means of covering some of the factual knowledge about music that you want to bring into your lessons. By covering some of this in advance through homework tasks, you're...

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Getting started with Cubase Elements 10: part two

This is the second part of a two-part resource on Cubase Elements 10. Part one (Music Teacher, October 2019) covered the basics of the software, how to start students off, how to get started, creating...

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Starting out as a peripatetic piano teacher

This resource is intended to offer ideas about how to manage the transition from study to peripatetic teaching.

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Soul music

In this resource, we look at – or, rather, listen to – the musical crossovers between soul and rock/pop music, consider the importance of backing vocals in soul music, and how instruments are used in...

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Using knowledge organisers

This resource will give you guidance on knowledge organiser content and layout, and tips on how to use them, including training your students on how to use them for independent study. You will see...

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Getting started with Cubase Elements 10: part one

This resource is designed to provide an introduction to Cubase Elements. Cubase software has various levels, and this is the entry-level version. It's an affordable piece of software for most schools,...

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